The flood condition in Assam continued to improve on Tuesday although four more persons, including two children, lost their lives and nearly 11.17 lakh people are still reeling under the deluge across 16 districts, an official bulletin said.
According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons, including one child, drowned in Cachar, while one person lost his life in Morigaon district during the day.
One more child died due to the flood in Nagaon district, the report stated.
With this, the total number of persons losing their lives in this year’s flood and landslides has gone up to 184 across the state.
ASDMA said more than 11,16,800 people are hit due to floods in Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sivasagar and Tamulpur districts.
Cachar is the worst hit with nearly 6.32 lakh people suffering, followed by Nagaon with almost 2.33 lakh persons and Morigaon with around 1.65 lakh people.
Urban flood has hit several places in Dibrugarh districts, the bulletin said.
Till Monday, nearly 14 lakh people were affected in the deluge across 21 districts in the state.
At present, 1,024 villages are under water and 29,781.23 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam, ASDMA said.
It further said authorities are running 383 relief camps and distribution centres in 15 districts, where 1,48,122 people, including 44,190 children, are taking shelter.
The authorities have distributed 1,846.9 quintals of rice, dal and salt, 783.01 litres of mustard oil, 1,022.3 quintals of cattle feed and other flood relief items during the last 24 hours.
Massive erosions have been witnessed in Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhemaji, Hailakandi, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts.
Embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure have been damaged by flood waters in Kamrup, Nagaon, Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Karimganj, Udalguri, Biswanath, Morigaon, Dibrugarh, Hojai and Sivasagar.
A total of 3,18,910 domestic animals and poultry have been affected in the deluge across nine districts, ASDMA said.
Quoting the Central Water Commission bulletin, the ASDMA said that the mighty Brahmaputra at Dhubri town, while its tributaries Kopili at Dharamtul and Disang at Nanglamuraghat are flowing above danger levels.
